Synonyms of dustup

dustup

noun

ˈdəst-ˌəp 

as in skirmish

a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups

he came home with a black eye from the dustup at the bar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skirmish
• clash
• battle
• fight
• scuffle
• tussle
• fracas
• brawl
• fray
• struggle
• altercation
• contest
• conflict
• confrontation
• scrimmage
• duel
• combat
• scrum
• quarrel
• mêlée
• spat
• dispute
• rough-and-tumble
• scrap
• fistfight
• contretemps
• hassle
• blows
• ruckus
• controversy
• fisticuffs
• melee
• donnybrook
• squabble
• mix-up
• tangle
• falling-out
• tiff
• affray
• pitched battle
• battle royal
• face-off
• slugfest
• row
• punch-up
• ruction
• free-for-all
• joust
• catfight
• misunderstanding
• punch-out
• broil
• disagreement
• wrangle
• grapple
• argument
• cross fire
• kickup
• argy-bargy
• argle-bargle
• handgrips

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truce

Examples of dustup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Along with its more belligerent statements, China began taking provocative actions along the LAC, leading to two dustups, in 2013 and 2014, and a lengthy standoff in the summer of 2017 in Doklam, where the borders between Bhutan, China, and India converge and where China had tried to build a road. —Lisa Curtis, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2023

If this latest distribution dustup was settled in time to salvage football season, yet another major struggle is materializing elsewhere. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019

Moving on from the fighting and the bad blood seems doable, as the hottest online dustups can get very cold rather quickly. —Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024

The whole dustup at Arlington National Cemetery—the Trump campaign filming the former President with grieving military families—was part of the campaign’s effort to highlight a big failure of the current Administration. —The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024